NP [ Wirral, Cheshire ]: The Aylesford Press, 1991. First Edition, Deluxe. Hardcover. Octavo. 36pp. Blue leatherette spine over marbled boards, printed paper spine labels. The De Luxe edition of 50 hardbound hand-numbered copies SIGNED by King Cedric at the end of his Foreword, of which only 33 copies were..... More
Chicago: de Laurence, Scott & Co., 1910 (Actually 1920s or 1930s?). Reprint ? Hardcover. Octavo. 368pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, b&w illustrations, frontispiece portraits of Johann Hartlieb and L. W. De Laurence. An interesting composite volume on palmistry compiled by L. W. De..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1971. Hardcover, 8vo, xi+347pp, front page portrait, b/w ills, 2 foldout maps, glossary, bibliography, index Second Series, No. 140. VG+ in VG+ dustjacket. More
Oxfordshire, England: Day Books, 1998. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 370pp. Original rust cloth with gilt title etc to spine, biblio and index. Alchemist, astrologer, mystic and mathemetician, John Dee was one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the Elizabethan age. This volume brings together Dee's private journals..... More
London: William Rider and Son, 1909. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 264pp. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, Top-edge-gilt. The first English language edition of this volume on the subject of life after death, first published in French under the title "L'âme Est Immortelle". From..... More
New York: State University of New York Press, 1992. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xii + 338pp. Index. Hint of foxing to top-edge, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy. More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 210pp. Srikingly bound in turquoise cloth, gilt titling to spine, upper board elaborately decorated in gilt, black endpapers. The first edition, limited to 333 hand-numbered copies. Comprises fourteen original and extensive essays which explore the Grimoires in passionate, informed and evocative pieces..... More
Melbourne, Australia. African Research Institute Latrobe University, 1988, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Square octavo. [vi] + 88pp. Color & b/w plates. Map. Bibliography. Hint of rubbing to covers, else a VG+ copy. More
Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1906. Third edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. xxxiv pp + 742 pp + 2 pp of adverts. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, blind rules on upper board; frontis, index, appendices. Light general wear to boards and a bit of rubbing and bumping to spine ends..... More
London: Rapid Eye Publishing Ltd., 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Small Folio. 198pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers, b&w illustrations throughout. Includes "Time Mirrors" - an illustrated essay on Austin Osman Spare by Genesis P-Orridge, "Montague Summers" by Sandy Robertson, "Sex, Crime and the Occult" by Colin Wilson, "Sybarite among the Shadows" (on..... More
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Tall 8vo, x+220pp, index. Original boards lightly bumped at corners; minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Light score across face of fore edge with resultant tiny abrasions to margins. All else VG+. Illustrated dustjacket very lightly rubbed; light creases to head..... More
London: Faber, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxxvi + 218pp. Light grey cloth lettered in black on spine. Bibliography & index. Top-edge a little discolored, minor pull to top of spine, marginal pencil marks to some pages, else a solid near-VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly creased..... More
England: The Scholartis Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xliv + 182pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Top-edge-gilt. Stated edition of 1000 copies. Many pages unopened. Spine slightly discolored & chafed at ends, slight age-toning to page-edges, else a solid, internally-clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Octavo. xcvi + 352pp. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w fontis portrait. Map. Facsimile plates. Chronology. A clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 260pp. Green cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Page-edges age-toned, small nick & scuff to spine, else a clean, sharp VG+ copy (no dust jacket). More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 260pp. Green cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Ex-library copy, top-edge dusty, library stamps on page-edges, front-pastedown & title-page have been crossed-out with black pen, plastic tape repair to title-page gutter, else a solid Good+ copy (no dust jacket). More
London: Simon & Schuster, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 144pp. Cream textured papered boards lettered in black on spine. Tinted illustrations. A few tiny spots to boards, highlighting to text on one page, previous owner's name on front pastedown, else a near-VG copy (no dust jacket). More
London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1924. First Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Octavos. Two volume set. Vol. I: xxiv + 444pp.; Vol. II: viii + 460pp. Navy cloth lettered in gilt on spines. Index & glossary. B/w frontispieces & plates. This new edition is edited with historical notes, appendices and..... More
Concord, NH: Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxiv + 546pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Index. Includes a Biographical Dictionary compiled by Gerald Foss and Woodbury S. Adams. A tight, clean VG+ copy in near VG dust jacket..... More
Delhi, India: S. Chand, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 352pp. Grey cloth spine lettered in red on spine & front board. Index. Map frontis. B/w plates. One plate has been misbound and is angled (only very slightly affecting top-edge of illustration). Cloth a bit rubbed and darkened, light bumps..... More
New York: Routledge, 1990. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Large octavo. xxvi + 330pp. Faint marks to page-edges, tiny bottom-corner crease to front cover, else a clean, tight VG+ copy. More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover, 8vo, xv+269pp. Brown cloth with gilt to spine, tables, references, index. Just a hint of shelfwear, otherwise sound and bright near fine copy. No jacket (as issued?). More
Escondido, CA: The Book Tree, 1999. Softcover. Large octavo. 312pp, index. From the publisher: "Neil Freer, author of "Breaking the Godspell", outlines the human evolutionary scenario far into the future. We are a genetically-engineered race with a dual racial heritage. Our half-Terran, half-alien genes place us on an accelerated, unique..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], iv + 215pp. Bright red patterned silk with black lettering to spine and illustrated art paper panel on upper board, thick patterned endpapers, b&w illustrations, numerous b&w sigils, glossary & bibliography. The "Salve Regina!" edition, limited to 769 numbered copies. In..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. vi + 336pp Black patterned silk with red lettering to spine and art paper panel on upper board depicting Exu Caveira, bright red textured endpapers, glossary & bibliography, index. Ten portraits of Exu in pen and ink by Enoque Zedro, and..... More
